Matt Hughes is considered to be one of the best fighters in ufc history. He had the welterweight title twice and defended it a record 7 times. He beat ufc legends Bj Penn and George St-Pierre, to this day Matt Hughes is one of the two people to ever beat George St-Pierre. Matt Hughes has the second most fights in the ufc with 25 fights, behind tito Ortiz who has 26 fights.
Matt Hughes has a sister and a twin brother Mark Hughes. Matt and Mark both played football and wrestled in high school. Matt Hughes also wrestled in college, he made the all-american team every year he was in college. Hughes was a two-time 155 lb IHSA (Illinois High School Association) Class A state wrestling champion. He won in 1991 and 1992 while attending Hillsboro (IL) High School. Furthermore, Hughes is a two-time Division I All-American wrestler, with an 8th and a 5th place finish in the 157 lb division. Hughes has competed in the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, in which he held a record of 2–2. This consists of wins over Ricardo Almeida and Jeremy Horn, and losses to Jeff Monson and Tito Ortiz.
Like Matt Hughes I wrestled in high school. Matt Hughes said that he was never a very good student, that in college he just tried to stay eligible to wrestle. One day I hope to wrestle in college, and even though I’m in a community college with bad grades I can do good enough to transfer to a four year school and try out for the wrestling team. Matt Hughes wasn’t a good student either and he managed to do it so maybe I can too.
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